Chapter 8 Learning Objectives

Fear

• What are the components changes of fear?
• What evidence supports fear as a basic emotion?
• What evidence supports fear as a socially constructed emotion?
• What does current work on fear suggest is the adaptive purpose of fear?
• What does the S.M. case tell us the amygdala’s role in fear and other emotions?
• Does research on fear and the amygdala support the locationist or psychological constructionist theory?

Anxiety

• Does anxiety meet the requirements for an emotion?  Why or why not?
• What is the relationship between anxiety and attentional biases?
• How are fear and anxiety similar? different?
• How does the research on anxiety help us to better understand psychological disorders?

Stress

• Is stress an emotion? Why or why not?
• What is the difference between the General Adaptation Syndrome and Lazarus’ View of Stress?
• Explain the importance of cognitive appraisals in the stress process.